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• Bring exhausted batteries to your local depot for small chemical waste.
12 POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
12.1 PROBLEMS WITH OUTGOING CALLS:
• You hear no dialing tone:
− The outside line is being used by another handset. Wait until this
call is ended and try again.
− Check the connection between the base and your telephone socket
(when in doubt, connect another phone to your telephone socket)
• The power supply is lost:
− Check whether the adaptor is plugged into the bottom of the base
and make sure that the power adaptor is inserted into the wall socket.
12.2 PROBLEMS WITH INCOMING CALLS:
• No notification of incoming calls:
− The bell is disabled; enable it.
− Check the connection between the phone and your telephone sock-
et (when in doubt, connect another phone to your telephone socket)
• You’re always in a conversation:
− Check whether there’s a 2nd telephone with its receiver next to the
phone.
− Check is another handset registered on your telephone is keeping
the line busy.
− Connect another phone to your phone connection, and use this to
check whether the malfunction originates from your connection or
your carrier.
• Handset switches itself off when ringing:
− The batteries cannot supply enough power for the ring tone. Clean
the battery contacts or replace the batteries.